San Francisco is building skyscrapers like crazy — and there could be a deadly downside
- San Francisco is undergoing a building boom.
- But the city is at serious risk for a major earthquake. And the building codes for skyscrapers aren't strong enough, according to experts.
- The next big quake in the Bay Area could be disastrous.
San Francisco is undergoing a skyscraper building boom, but the city's building stock — including skyscrapers — is at serious risk in a major earthquake.
There's a 76% chance that the San Francisco Bay Area could experience a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake within the next 30 years, according to some reports. The earthquake that caused the fire that leveled much of the city in 1906 was measured at a magnitude of 7.9.
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